The Yagüez River () is a river located in western
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
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The Yagüez originates at above sea-level in the Urayoán Mountains to the southeast of
Las Marias and to the northeast of
Maricao. From its inception the river runs roughly east to west for emptying into
Mayagüez Bay just west of downtown
Mayagüez next to the northern part of the
Parque del Litoral
Parque is the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish word for "park", and may refer to:
* Parque (TransMilenio), a metro station in Bogotá, Colombia
* Parque (Lisbon Metro), in Portugal
* Parque (Santurce), a subbarrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Battle ...
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During its course, the river traverses the Mayagüez Reservoir located between the Bateyes and Limón barrios of Mayagüez. To protect against flash flooding, the river is canalized throughout the majority of its path through Mayagüez's urban core. The first attempt to canalize the river was when Don Leonardo de Campos was
mayor of Mayagüez in 1852, but the difficulties of the project did not allow it back then.
[Preservando un Valor Historico: El Teatro Yagüez, Fiestas Patronales de la Candelaria Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 1979] The river flooded the city in 1933.
["Genealogias Biografias e Historia del Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia de Puerto Rico"; by Martin Gaudier (Author); Page: 17; Publisher: Imprenta "El Aguila", San German (1959); Language: Spanish]
See also
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List of rivers of Puerto Rico
List of rivers in Puerto Rico ( U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs.
Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the . There are four slopes through which rainw ...
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Yaguez, Rio
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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